Meaning of unplay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Hypothetically, to undo the playing of.
   transitive
2. To interact with something in a way that subverts the conventions of playing.
   ambitransitive

Examples

“I feel like a traitor, but what's done is done. I can't unplay that note, even if it was a sour one.”

“Flanagan outlines three kinds of critical play enacted by Victorian girls with dolls: In doll play, unplaying manifests in children abusing their dolls, "killing" them, or some other revision of the "care giving" framework […]”

“How they might go about unplaying a work would be awkward, but it might involve asking performers to commit to their idiosyncrasies and play away from what's given.”

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